WHITES
| Bottega Vinai Nosiola 2024 £8.50 DOC Trentino The Nosiola vines are at 300m on the slopes of Calavino mountains. Fermented at low temperature, it has a gentle orchard fruit nose with good concentration, lovely mouthfeel and a nutty finish. |
| Domaine des Lauriers Vermentino 2024 £8.95 IGP d’Oc AKA as Rolle. Mouthwatering nose of nectarines with floral undertones. Concentrated apple and apricot flavours with a hint of honey and a crisp aromatic finish |
| Domaine des Lauriers Viognier 2024 £9.25 IGP d’Oc There is a gorgeous nose of honeysuckle and apricots. It has a silky texture with the alluring flavour of apricots with a twist of lemon zest acidity. Perfect with Chinese or Thai food. |
| Novas Gran Reserva Riesling Organic 2023 £8.95 Bío Bío Valley, Chile Mouthwatering floral Riesling nose with a hint of kerosene leads into a racy, lime-tinged, honeyed mouthful of grapey fruit with lovely acidity. An amazing price for this Gran Reserva! |
| Heaphy Sauvignon Blanc 2023/24 £10.75 Nelson, New Zealand This racy new wine is a different take on the usual NZ sauvignons. There is a fresh, herbaceous, leafy nose leading into juicy, green and red apple fruit, a hint of gooseberry and crisp citrus finish. |
| Domaine Pré Baron Sauvignon Blanc, Vieilles Vignes 2023 £11.75 AOP Touraine Fabulous Sancerre look-alike made from 35-year-old vines. Heady and herbaceous with great concentration and ripeness. Full of passion fruit and gooseberry flavours and great length. |
| Domaine Girard Chardonnay Elevé sur lies fines 2023 £11.50 IGP d’Oc Grown at high altitude, in the areas adjacent to Limoux, this Chardonnay is then left on the lees in 500L oak barriques, adding a creamy texture. All the style of Pouilly-Fuissé at half the price! |
| Tabali Talinay Chardonnay 2023 £13.95 Valle de Limari, Chile Beautiful fruit from a limestone terroir, cooled by Pacific breezes. Lees stirring and gentle oak aging for 10 months produces one of Chile’s finest Chardonnays. Like a top Chablis from a very ripe year. |
| Domaine de la Motte Vieilles Vignes 2023 £15.95 AOP Chablis There is crystalised fruit with chalky elements on the nose. Round and ripe, with apples, honey and herbs – with the complexity that only comes from 50-year-old vines and a small portion of oak-aged wine. |
| Domaine Nicolas Delfaud 2023 £16.95 AOP Mâcon-Verzé This is a gorgeous organic, gently oak-aged white Burgundy from the increasingly fashionable Mâconnais! It has a floral nose with a hint of vanilla. There is a big mouthful of fresh apple fruit with a creamy texture, a touch of cloves, a savoury twist and gentle acidity at the finish. |
| Valencisco Rioja Blanco 2023 £14.95 DOCa Rioja Crafted from 80-year-old vines – 70% Viura & 30% Vermentino are fermented in 225L Caucasian oak barrels. Subtle floral and smoky nose. Wonderful silky texture, stone fruit, preserved lemons and great length. A Decanter Silver Medal winner. Stunning quality. Perfect with hake! |
REDS
| Domaine Les Yeuses Délicieuse Rouge 2024 £8.95 IGP d’Oc This is a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Syrah. An herbaceous nose dominated by red fruits leads into a soft mouthful of blackberries and red currants. A perfect everyday drinking red! |
| Château Jouclary Les Amandiers 2022 £9.95 AOP Cabardès Made from 50% Merlot, 30% Syrah and 20% Grenache, aged in 2-year-old barrels, this is an easy-drinking soft mouthful of blackberry, woodsmoke & liquorice in the Bordeaux style. |
| Château Saint Jean d’Aumières l’Affranchi 2022 £9.95 IGP Saint Guilhem le Désert This is an exotic mix of 30% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 15% Carignan, 10% Mourvèdre, 10% Marselan, 5% Cinsault, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon & 5% Merlot! A nose of intense fruit and wild herbs leads into a big mouthful of soft plum, blackberry and fig, with silky tannins and a hint of liquorice. |
| Château Saint Jean d’Aumières l’Alchimiste 2022 £12.95 AOP Terrasses du Larzac This top cuvée is a blend of 45% Grenache, 40% old vines Syrah and 15% Carignan with some gentle oak ageing. An expensive nose of violets, truffles and a hint of oak. It is silky, rich and complex with black fruits & a hint of liquorice at the finish, very little tannin and great length. |
| Château Lamothe-Vincent Heritage Rouge 2022 £11.50 AOP Bordeaux Supérieur Made from old vines of 80% Merlot & 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, aged in French oak for 12 months. Deep in colour, with blackcurrants and cedar on the nose, it’s packed with soft blackcurrant and blackberry fruit; rich, spicy, complex, velvety and very long. |
| Domaine Girard Pinot Noir Pech Calvel 2021 £11.50 IGP d’Oc This complex Pinot Noir is made from high altitude vines and spends a few months in oak. Pale in colour but intense in flavour! Silky, elegant, complex, strawberries & hints of mushrooms. Lovely! |
| Tabali Talinay Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023 £13.95 Valle de Limari, Chile Beautiful Pinot noir fruit from limestone soil and cooling breezes of the Pacific Ocean. Aged in French oak. Another pale Pinot but full of flavour! Sweet red cherry nose, strawberries and a long mineral aftertaste. |
| Domaine Girard Cuvée Néri 2019 £11.95 AOP Malepère Made from 50% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc from the best parcels, and with the judicious addition of 10% Malbec with 7 months on oak. It has an intense nose of cassis and hints of cedar. This leads into a rich mouthful of concentrated fruit, with spice, cinnamon and cloves, soft tannins and great length. |
| Domaine Boutinot Les Côteaux 2022/23 £9.50 AOP Côtes du Rhône Villages Made from mainly Grenache with some Syrah from six adjacent villages including Cairanne & Seguret. This is full of juicy, soft gluggable fruit – Côtes du Rhône Villages at its best! |
| Domaine Boutinot Cairanne Côte Sauvage 2021 £13.95 AOP Cairanne Made from 50-year-old vines with 60% Grenache with 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre & 10% old vine Carignan, which is oak-aged. It is rich, concentrated and sumptuous, bursting with intense flavours of dark fruits, morello cherry, hints of liquorice and chocolate, held together with soft, ripe tannins. |
| San Felice Il Grigio Chianti Classico Riserva 2019/21 £13.95 DOCG Chianti Classico Made only from their best grapes; this is aged in both Slavonian & French oak. There is red cherry and blackberry on the nose with hints of tobacco. It is velvety with black cherry and damsons on the palate. Lush and complex! |
| Ontanon Antologia Rioja 2020 £11.50 DOCa Rioja Made from 75% Tempranillo, 15% Graciano & 10% Garnacha from a series of exceptional plots, then aged in new French oak barrels. This is a tour de force with perfect balance of wonderful plum, red cherry fruit, a silky texture, supple tannins and great length |
| Novas Gran Reserva Carmenère 2023/24 £8.95 Colchagua Valley, Chile Fantastic fruit from the Los Robles biodynamic vineyard, aged in French oak for 10 months. It’s deep in colour with intense blackcurrant with green capsicum notes, hints of tobacco and a leafy finish. Amazing value and Deeply satisfying! |
| Smalltown The Black Craft Shiraz 2023 £10.50 Barossa, South Australia Deep purple in colour with an enticing nose of blackberries with a hint of vanilla pod. It is bursting with succulent, ripe blackberry fruit with a sprinkling of black pepper, a touch of liquorice at the finish and great length. Totally seductive and fantastic value for this quality! |
| Circumstance Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 £11.95 WO Stellenbosch, South Africa Fantastic fruit from very low yields, vinified in open top wood fermenters, then aged for 20 months in old barriques. Deep in colour, blackcurrant and pencil shavings on the nose, rich succulent cassis fruit on the palate, hints of bell-pepper, soft tannins and very long. A star! |
FIZZ
| J Laurens Les Graimenous 2022 £12.95 Crémant de Limoux Using the methode traditionelle, this is made from 60% Chardonnay, 30% Chenin Blanc, 5% Pinot Noir and 5% Mauzac. It has a fresh yeasty/bready nose, so redolent of champagne, and a lively, creamy texture with hints of apple and brioche. Champagne quality at an amazing price! |
PORT
| Krohn 10-year-old Tawny Port £16.50 DOC Port We’ve chosen this beautiful, aged Tawny Port as a special treat for this year. It’s a lovely tawny colour with complex aromas of ripe red fruits, damson jam, raisins and toasted nuts. Smooth and rounded on the palate, with notes of caramel balanced by fresh acidity to give great length. Christmas in a glass! |